About Basahatu Village

Basahatu is a large village in Jhinkpani tehsil, in the district of Pashchimi Singhbhum, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,182, made up of 1,079 males and 1,103 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,022 females per 1000 males. The village covers 371 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 833215, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Basahatu Overview

Census 2011 figures for Basahatu village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Pashchimi Singhbhum
Tehsil	Jhinkpani
Pincode	833215
Area (hectares)	371 hectares
Population	2,182
Male Population	1,079
Female Population	1,103
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,022
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within village

How Basahatu compares

By the 2011 count Basahatu is the 5th largest of the 27 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,508 residents. Its 371 hectares work out to about 5.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1048.

Getting to Basahatu

Basahatu is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Basahatu as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Basahatu from other places

Basahatu lies about 29 km from Pashchimi Singhbhum, and the nearest railway station is Jhinkpani, about 7.4 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Basahatu
Nearest railway station	Jhinkpani	7.4 km
Nearest town	Chāībāsa	19 km
District headquarters	Pashchimi Singhbhum	29 km

Villages closest to Basahatu

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Jhinkpani tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

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Common questions about Basahatu

As per the Census of India 2011, Basahatu village had a population of 2,182. That makes it the 5th largest of the 27 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,508 residents.

Basahatu village has 1,079 males and 1,103 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Basahatu has about 1022 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1048.

The pincode recorded for Basahatu is 833215. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Basahatu covers 371 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Basahatu falls under Jhinkpani tehsil of Pashchimi Singhbhum district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Basahatu is Jhinkpani, about 7.4 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Basahatu.

Basahatu is about 29 km from Pashchimi Singhbhum in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Basahatu is in Jhinkpani tehsil of Pashchimi Singhbhum district. Jhinkpani is about 7.4 km away. Chāībāsa is about 19 km away. Pashchimi Singhbhum is about 29 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.